Social & Community

Connection and Community: Vital to Health

The maxim "No person is an island" becomes more and more true as we grow older.

Though retiring from a workplace might remove us from one familiar set of friends and circumstances, the next stage of our life inevitably introduces us to new—and sometimes challenging—environments.

Not only have studies shown that our network of social connections can actually contribute to healthier, and longer, lives: the transaction works both ways. Older adults, with their vast storehouses of memory, experience, and perspective, can be invaluable assets to the health and well-being of our local communities, as well.

Whether your talents and inclinations range from volunteering, to politics, to discussion groups, to a good game of checkers, the articles at this topic offer advice on making social connections that fit your personality and lifestyle.